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lose their lives, than not. They decided to get out while they could. They loaded a little of the already sawed lumber onto the outfits and started back. They stopped for the night in a grove of pines near the Upper Mammoth. By morning, the snow was so deep that the horses stood with only heads and necks showing. They left the outfits there and each man rode one horse and led another. They fought their way back down the mountain and eventually met the second, or follow up, group who had been sent with extra feed and supplies. The entire group returned to Cedar City.' Upon learning of the snow and the predicament the first group had, the cornmitte realized that wagons could not be used, so they went to work assembling materials to 1)uild good sturdy "hohs." Iron was collected, blacksmiths commandeered, all types of sleighs were put together; some were made of plain, iron shod-runners; some were made from the smaller railroad rails bent up in front hut, in one place, braced with cross irons; some were Ixoken in the center and fastened with kingpins; all were built to stand rough wear. Most of the original group of men went back into the snow, hut they went better equipped to stand the cold, and they had the added determination necessary to see the thing t h r ~ u g h .Spencer Coburt was saw man, Will Webster was hoiier man, ~ John Parry cooked for the millhands and the men on the f i ~ s tdrive. Heber or John Jensen was overseer of the mill operation^.^ The weather was cold and miserahle at times, especially across the Mammoth. Nothing could turn that cold wind. Each time over, it meant a new road filled level with drifted snow that had to be packed. The horses became experts at feeling their way with their feet to make sure they were not stepping off the hard road into soft snow. Awkward horses getting off the road, caused a great deal of extra work and delay. I n places, sinde-tree cuts on the aspen hark showed that the road was built ten or more feet ahove the ground. It was late hiarch when the snow got water-soaked and they were unable to travel on it.' Gus Mackelprang and Sam (Poots) Walker brought the last load of lumber down over a road that was too mushy to be safe.= One of the last loads hrought out was the long stringers brought out by way of Panguitch and Bear Valley I~ecause of such sharp turns on the Jensen road. Frank Adams was one y h p worked at the logging later. T h e finished lumber, which he brought out, was not needed innnediately, so it would be milled and left to season until the huilding was roofed in.' Kumen L. Jones and Henry L. Jones hauled lumber from the Jensen Sawmill on the Mammoth all summer for the college for this first building. Kumen, who was 17, drove the team, Henry, about 14, ran the brake. They had two or three bulky horses and they were using one of them they called "Big
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lose their lives, than not. They decided to get out while they could. They loaded a little of the already sawed lumber onto the outfits and started back. They stopped for the night in a grove of pines near the Upper Mammoth. By morning, the snow was so deep that the horses stood with only heads and necks showing. They left the outfits there and each man rode one horse and led another. They fought their way back down the mountain and eventually met the second, or follow up, group who had been sent with extra feed and supplies. The entire group returned to Cedar City.' Upon learning of the snow and the predicament the first group had, the cornmitte realized that wagons could not be used, so they went to work assembling materials to 1)uild good sturdy "hohs." Iron was collected, blacksmiths commandeered, all types of sleighs were put together; some were made of plain, iron shod-runners; some were made from the smaller railroad rails bent up in front hut, in one place, braced with cross irons; some were Ixoken in the center and fastened with kingpins; all were built to stand rough wear. Most of the original group of men went back into the snow, hut they went better equipped to stand the cold, and they had the added determination necessary to see the thing t h r ~ u g h .Spencer Coburt was saw man, Will Webster was hoiier man, ~ John Parry cooked for the millhands and the men on the f i ~ s tdrive. Heber or John Jensen was overseer of the mill operation^.^ The weather was cold and miserahle at times, especially across the Mammoth. Nothing could turn that cold wind. Each time over, it meant a new road filled level with drifted snow that had to be packed. The horses became experts at feeling their way with their feet to make sure they were not stepping off the hard road into soft snow. Awkward horses getting off the road, caused a great deal of extra work and delay. I n places, sinde-tree cuts on the aspen hark showed that the road was built ten or more feet ahove the ground. It was late hiarch when the snow got water-soaked and they were unable to travel on it.' Gus Mackelprang and Sam (Poots) Walker brought the last load of lumber down over a road that was too mushy to be safe.= One of the last loads hrought out was the long stringers brought out by way of Panguitch and Bear Valley I~ecause of such sharp turns on the Jensen road. Frank Adams was one y h p worked at the logging later. T h e finished lumber, which he brought out, was not needed innnediately, so it would be milled and left to season until the huilding was roofed in.' Kumen L. Jones and Henry L. Jones hauled lumber from the Jensen Sawmill on the Mammoth all summer for the college for this first building. Kumen, who was 17, drove the team, Henry, about 14, ran the brake. They had two or three bulky horses and they were using one of them they called "Big
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